2 Turret ships, barbette ships and pre-Dreadnoughts (1872–1905)
Devastation class
DevastationHMS Devastation was built by the British Royal Navy at the Pembroke Dockyard, England in 1871. She is considered the first true capital ship built by any nation at the time. Devastation was built in the 1870s, a time in which steam power was well establis (1871)
Thunderer (1872)
DreadnoughtThe second HMS Dreadnought of the British Royal Navy was a turret ironclad battleship built at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales. Begun as Fury in 1870, the original design was recast and the renamed ship was laid down in 1872, launched in March 1875 and finally c (1875)
Alexandra (1877)
Ajax class
Ajax (1880)
Agamemnon (1879)
Colossus class
ColossusThe second HMS Colossus was a Colossus class second-class battleship, launched in 1882 and commissioned in 1886. She had a displacement of 9,520 tons, and an armament of 4 x 12. 5-inch breechloaders, 5 x 6-inch guns and had a respectable speed of 15. (1882)
Edinburgh (1882)
Conqueror class
Conqueror (1881)
Hero (1885)
Admiral class
Collingwood (1882)
Rodney (1884)
HoweSeveral ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Howe after Admiral Richard Howe: Howe launched 1860, was a 121-gun ship of the line, renamed Bulwark and then renamed Impregnable in 1886. Howe launched 1885, was an Admiral class battleship. Howe a prop (1885)
AnsonAt least two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Anson after Admiral George Anson: Anson launched 1886, was an Admiral class battleship. Anson a proposed Hood class battlecruiser, was laid down in 1916 and cancelled in 1917. Anson launched 1940, w (1886)
BenbowTwo ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Benbow after Admiral John Benbow: Benbow was an Admiral class battleship launched in 1885 and scrapped in 1909. Benbow was an Iron Duke class battleship launched in 1913. She fought in the battle of Jutland (1885)
Victoria class
Victoria (1887)
Sans Pareil (1887)
Trafalgar class
TrafalgarFive vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Trafalgar after the Battle of Trafalgar: Trafalgar (1820), first-rate later renamed to Camperdown Trafalgar (1841), first-rate Trafalgar (1887), battleship Trafalgar (D77), destroyer Trafalgar (S1 (1887)
